Where does “imukaasumoottori” come from?
imukaasumoottori (Finnish) comes from Finnish imukaasu, from Finnish imu, from Finnish imeä, from Proto-Finnic imedäk, from Proto-Uralic ime-, from Hungarian ím, from Hungarian i, from Hungarian e — this; not; the negative verb.
imukaasumoottori (Finnish): an early type of combustion engine fueled by a gas containing carbon monoxide
Definitions
- an early type of combustion engine fueled by a gas containing carbon monoxide
Ancestry of “imukaasumoottori”, step by step
imukaasumoottori traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish imukaasu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | imukaasu | suction gas, aspirating gas |
| 2 | Finnish | imu | suction; undertow; slipstream |
| 3 | Finnish | imeä | to suck; to absorb; to pull towards, attract |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | imedäk | to suck |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | ime- | to suck |
| 6 | Hungarian | ím | behold! see! lo! |
| 7 | Hungarian | i | small, young |
| 8 | Hungarian | e | this; look!, hey! |
| 9 | Proto-Uralic | e- | this; not; the negative verb |
via Finnish moottori
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | moottori | engine, motor |
| 2 | Swedish | motor | engine, motor |
| 3 | Latin | motor | mover; that which moves something; first-person... |
| 4 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |